An online fundraising campaign brought in three hundred dollars. Friends from church pooled just a bit more than that for the cause. But the total was not enough to cover six weeks of 46 year-old Stephanie Washington’s expenses as she recovered at her sister’s home in Hayward, California from kidney donation surgery to help her […]

This piece was first published in Voices in Bioethics. LMM President Randi Belisomo is a contributor. “You don’t seem to realize the fact that you’re white.” The voice on the line stung with derision, palpably piercing my senses more directly than the westward summer sun blanketing the balcony where I sat. I was home, near […]

This piece was first published in Voices in Bioethics. LMM President Randi Belisomo is a contributor. Well-coiffed and clad in pink, Lori is hoping to learn about legacy. What does it mean and how can she leave one? This grandmother of seven wants to be remembered well, and she intends to create some memories before […]

This piece was first published in Voices in Bioethics. LMM President Randi Belisomo is a contributor. Respecting Choices, an advance care planning program developed in LaCrosse, Wisconsin’s Gundersen Health System and highlighted in a previous column, engages patients in informed discussions about end-of-life decision-making. Its aim is the establishment of effective systems that allow individuals […]

This piece was first published in Voices in Bioethics. LMM President Randi Belisomo is a contributor. The South Carolina Medical Association is now working to follow the lead of physician organizations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Virginia, as members plan to implement an early-intervention advance care planning program that has drawn national media attention in recent […]